GMO Measure In Lane County Rejected As "Too Broad"

- An initiative to ban genetically modified crops in Lane County has been rejected as too broad.
County Clerk Cheryl Betschart said in a letter to a petitioner the proposed "local food ordinance" violates state requirements that ballot measures address only a single subject.
Similar measures in Benton County have been rejected on similar grounds. A more narrowly drawn measure is scheduled for the Jackson County ballot next year.
The Eugene Register-Guard reports that backers of the Lane County petition say they'll ask a judge to overrule the clerk's decision.
The measure aims "to create and protect a local food system" and says that in Lane County the ordinance would supplant state or federal regulations and the rights of any agricultural corporation.